DSW on Meet the Press
NBC’s Meet the Press recently covered Maine’s misguided decision to implement the Entrapment Model of governing sex work. The segment featured DSW Legal Director Melissa Broudo, who shared why full decriminalization is the only solution that ensures the rights and safety of consensual adult sex workers and victims of human trafficking. Watch the episode here….Continue reading DSW on Meet the Press
Sex work decriminalization efforts leave workers, advocates and survivors divided | Meet the Press
December 9, 2023 NBC’s Meet the Press covers Maine’s misguided decision to implement the Entrapment Model of governing sex work. Melissa Broudo shares why decriminalization is the only way to ensure the rights and safety of consensual adult sex workers and human trafficking victims.
Scott Sloan Debates DSW’s Ariela Moscowitz | 700 WLW Cincinnati
August 24, 2023
Opinion: Sex-worker immunity would have helped Gilgo Beach probe | Newsday
By Melissa Sontag Broudo Guest essay Updated July 25, 2023 7:36 pm The recent arrest of Rex A. Heuermann in the Gilgo Beach murder investigation has residents expressing relief that a killer has finally been apprehended. But many are asking why it took so long. One significant reason is the dysfunctional relationship law enforcement has…Continue reading Opinion: Sex-worker immunity would have helped Gilgo Beach probe | Newsday
The Victims on Gilgo Beach | The Brian Lehrer Show on New York Public Radio
New York Public Radio’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” covers the lives of the victims found on Gilgo Beach and includes an interview with Crystal DeBoise. Listen here.
Voice of Maine’s ‘GHRT Rewinds’ Hosts DSW’s Ariela Moscowitz
WVOM’s George Hale & Rick Tyler interview DSW’s Ariela Moscowitz on Voice of Maine’s “GHRT Rewinds” for June 7, 2023. Listen here or download it here.
Making Sex Work an Honest Business Makes Communities Safer | New York Law Journal
COMMENTARY Making Sex Work an Honest Business Makes Communities Safer Those of us with the power to defend individuals — or to change laws — should vehemently support the full decriminalization of consensual adult prostitution, a Manhattan civil rights attorney writes. February 27, 2023 at 11:15 PM 6 minute read Commentary By Cary London |…Continue reading Making Sex Work an Honest Business Makes Communities Safer | New York Law Journal
United States Appeals Court Hears Arguments Against SESTA/FOSTA
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) have harmed victims of trafficking, the very individuals they were meant to protect, along with sex workers across the United States since they became law in 2018. For the past five years, human rights advocates, sex workers, and even law enforcement…Continue reading United States Appeals Court Hears Arguments Against SESTA/FOSTA